The oatmeal cake mix cookies are very easy to prepare, it is delicious and comfort type cookie to go with milk. It is slightly moist inside and crunchy outside. I have added ground pecan and cashews. This yummy little treat can be made with in 25 mins and once made, will vanish in no-time!!

Ingredients:

Yellow Cake Mix - 1 cup

Quaker Oatmeal - 2 cups

Powdered Pecans - 1/2 cup

Powdered cashews - 1/2 cup

Sugar - 2 tbsp

Shortening or butter - 1 stick

Egg - 2

Preparation:

Combine the oatmeal, cake mix, powdered nuts.

Beat shortening and eggs, then mix in to the dry ingredients slowly and stir well.

Place a spoon full batter in a greased pan, with 2-inch apart from each other.

Drizzle some sugar on top of it.

Preheat the oven to 350F and bake for 12-15 mins or until golden brown.

Couple of days back I watched everyday Italian in food network, where Giada made an Italian sweet calling it as Zeppole (Italian Donuts) !...hummm sounds interesting. But when you compare Giada's recipe with the dessert- Sicilian Sfinci ,You would agree to name it Sfinci rather Zeppole. Sfinci are a regional sweet, originated in south of Italy and typically served during 19th of march .I could able to make one today. Not that bad at all, it turned out well, I just followed Giada's recipe with slight alteration in the propotion, which is very simple to follow.

Method:Mix Sugar, water and butter in a medium pan and heat till it boils.Take off the pan from heat and add the flour mix well and keep in the heat again stir for 2-3 mins until it forms a ball.By Using electric mixer add in the egg 1 after the other, incorporating the egg completely before going for the second. It comes to the consistency shown below.

Heat the oil to 375F and drop a spoon of dough, let it fry till it turns golden brown.Once done, remove from heat and drizzle it with some sugar and serve immediately.

It's 11.15 p.m, I just don't feel like sleeping, studying, watching TV or just sitting still. Only thing runs in my mind is to fulfill my obsession to bake an Orange Chocolate Cake!The Color of the cake turned out exactly the way I wanted, since I'm not a sweet tooth, I reduced the proportion of chocolate chips to half and also didn't add any flavor like vanilla, it has pure orange-chocolate smell with a great texture.With no hint of guiltiness for eating cake in the mid-night, I happily had two big chunk of the cake. I think, maybe I can sleep now.

Method:Blend the butter,eggs, orange zest and juice.Add the Buttermilk.Mix the cake flour gradually.Finally add the chocolate chips and blend gently, Pour in to the greased pan.Pre-heat the oven for 350F and bake for 35-40 mins. Let it cool for 10 mins before serving.

In a small island called strawberry Garden, there is a very calm, composed, young, talented and yet shy female strawberry - Tiffany! whose parents are always worried that Tiffany will end-up staying single due to her lack of dating skills! besides from the little secret she is having a long time crush with Jimmy, her dad's friend's Son.Jimmy is smart, energetic and handsome strawberry lives in the same island. Though he had too many strawberries ready to fall for him, He dislikes the female strawberries who are materialistic and opportunist, hence he had no luck with love. Jimmy and Tiffany happened to meet each other in a family meeting and they chatted for a while.Wow! that's called Love at first sight. Jimmy got so attracted to Tiffany, he asked her for a date and Tiffany waiting for no seconds, screamed out of her lungs saying SURE :)Tiffany and Jimmy went for couple of dates, Jimmy proposed Tiffany and they so wanted to have the wedlock on Valentines day.

Tiffany family is so happy for her and the celebration for the big event started a few weeks before in her house.

Tiffany and Jimmy shopped all day for their wedding dress, Finally decided to go with "Ann designer wear". All the arrangements for the wedding is done.

The Big day is Today!! The marriage is set in the Church of Strawberry Island. All the guest's were dressed elegant and tasty in the combination of milk chocolate, white chocolate and the mix of chopped nuts.

Jimmy groomed so well in Milk and White chocolate tuxedo, waiting for the bride to walk down the aisle. Famous singer Strawberry Shania Twain song " From the Moment" was played in the background.

The Gorgeous Bride is wearing a beautiful white chocolate gown from 'Ann Designer wear' is walking down the aisle with her proud father, with the Shania Twain music in the back ground.

The life's commitment and promise is made between them, They got married with all their family members blessing

They lived happily and had many children strawberries. Tiffany and Jimmy wished all a very Happy Valentines Day 2009!

So if you want this strawberry marriage in your house... Follow the below recipe :)

Ingredients:

Strawberries -15

Milk chocolate chips -

White Chocolates Chips -

Chopped Nuts -

Preparation:

Clean the strawberries and let it dry completely in the room temperature.

Melt the chocolate in microwave for 30 seconds, and give a good stir and reheat again for every 15 seconds till the chocolates melts completely.

Place a wax paper in a tray, dip the strawberry in the chocolate covering 3/4 of the strawberry and roll over in a chopped nuts and keep it in a wax sheet.

Wait for the strawberry to dry before applying second coat or mixing with different colored chocolate.

Pop it in a refrigerator for 10 mins to fasten up the drying process to do the second chocolate layer.

This Dried whole green peas curry is very filling and will taste just perfect! It is a perfect side for rice or Indian bread. If you like the coconut flavored peas, then this recipe is sure for you to give a try!Trying this recipe with frozen peas or fresh peas won't promise you the traditional taste. So have some dried peas ready to make this delicious curry.

Method:Cook the over night soaked peas in a pan with enough water for 15 mins. Keep aside.Heat pan with oil, add the fennel and cumin and red chillyAdd the onion and fry till golden brown.Mix the chopped Tomato and salt, let it fry till the tomato gets soft.Add the turmeric powder.Introduce the cooked peas in to the gravy, allow to cook in medium heat for 5 mins, let it mix well with all the ingredients.Add 3 tbsp of first coconut milk, cook in low heat for 5 mins and garnish with cilantro.Good to serve with rice or bread

Fenugreek Leaves has a wonderful smell, that adds up the flavor in breads. It is available in the form of dry leaves in Indian Grocery in name 'KasuriMethi'. This bread is traditionally calledas 'MethiThepla' and are ideal to take along in long trips. It stays even fresh on the third day without refrigerating!

Cow peas or Red Chori (Indian) is slightly smaller than other beans and has very dark brown/red color with very nutty flavor. It is available in any Asian food market. It cooks faster than other beans. Apart from Indian cuisine it is widely used in African cooking too.Cow peas or Red ChoriIngredients:Cow peas - 1 cupOnion - 1Tomato - 1Green chillies - 2Garlic - 5Coriander powder- 1tbspRed chilly powder - 1 tbspCumin seeds- 1 tspFenugreek seeds - 1tspTamarind juice - 3 tbspSaltCorianderOilMethod:Dry fry the Cow peas for 3 mins, add enough water and let it be in medium heat for 15 mins.Add oil in a pan and fry cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds, green chillies, onion, tomato and salt, fry till the tomato gets tender and mix this gravy in to the boiling cow peas. Mix well.Add the coriander and red chilly powder and let it cook in medium heat for 3 mins.Mix the tamarind juice and turn off the heat after 2 mins.Garnish with Coriander leaves.Serve with Indian bread or rice.

I got fresh plantain from a local market, plantain spicy fries are very simple to make and it is a best combo with any subtle Indian curry.

Ingredients:plantain- 1Fennel seeds - 1 tbspcumin seeds - 1tbspGinger garlic paste - 2 tbspRed chilly powder- 1tbspTurmeric - 1 tspSaltPreparation:Peel the plantain skin and cut in to two big chunks and boil in water for 5 mins.Cut the half boiled plantain in to small pieces and mix with all the ingredients and let it marinate for 5 mins.Drizzle few drops of oil in a heated pan, add the marinated plantain and fry in low heat till it turns golden brown.Serve with Indian curry rice.

One of my friend who is very creative in cooking, prepared a delicious Thai curry for our dinner, Since then I was so tempted to make one at home.At the same time I was so intimidated by the fact that all Thai curries contains fish. well, not really, I could able to find ( after a LONG research on Thai curry pastes) a Thai red curry paste which is 100% vegan and gluten free - Eureka!!Thai Vegetable curry is very refreshing, flavorful and yummy. This recipe is quite easy to make and tastes great!

Method:Add oil in a heated pan, fry the sliced tofu and keep aside.In the same pan fry the mixed vegetables with turmeric, chilly powder and salt let it cook in low heat for 3 mins.Meanwhile, In other pan, mix the coconut milk and red curry paste and heat for 5 mins.Add the coconut milk in to the vegetable pan and mix well, add the fried tofu in to the curry and let it be in medium heat for 10 mins.garnish with Coriander.Serve with Thai Jasmin rice or Basmati rice.